Okay, I had a huge techie problem yesterday based on failure to notice a power cord separated from a power brick. I definitely need to take a deep breath the next time I troubleshoot something or I'm going to have to fire myself as my own tech support staff.

First impressions:Well....thought it would be bigger (thats what she said)Wow that e-ink is pretty damn clearWhat? It doesn't turn off?Hmm, don't like the controls for menu movment, etc.

It is almost to small to hold and read in a comfortable position. Going to mess with it for a few weeks, then maybe give it away and get the larger one. This is the size of a very small paperback book. Maybe a leather or other style holder for it will make it better, but DAMN are they expensive! It is a 79 dollar device, why would I buy a 40-70 dollar holder for it!?

It's as though, as someone yesterday had suggested, that CSS formatting isn't being applied - but I cleared everything in Chrome (back to the "beginning of time"), and the site is stlll being displayed without the proper formatting.

I may have to use Safari or FF in the meantime to view BN properly.

I also have to fix my accordion (which is outside the scope of this site, but yeah, another thing on the plate).

I once bought a sound card with a 5.25" front tray thingy. No sound, it must have been DOA, so I returned it for a replacement. The replacement gave no sound, DOA again. It must have been a bad batch, so I returned it for another replacement. No sound, DOA. Again?!

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Ohhh, there's a little volume knob on the front thing. Which is set right the way down. Oooooooooops!

I'm surprised they accepted the returns, they mustn't have tested them at all. Or they sent me back the same unit, but I'd have thought they would charge me for shipping. Thanks, Komplett!

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke

DangerDog wrote on Oct 7, 2011, 13:32:The longest run around I've ever had trying to diagnose a power related problem was when a power supply wasn't switched to 115v. That tiny switch had been set to 230.

LOL! Been there once or twice down the years. And it's funny in retrospect because you're getting so pissed off because you "know" everything should be working. Than you finally stumble upon that and really have that Homer momemt of 'D'OH!'

"You can check your anatomy all you want, and even though there may be normal variation, when it comes right down to it, this far inside the head it all looks the same. No, no, no, don't tug on that. You never know what it might be attached to."

"Is it plugged in?" That's the first question I'd ask when someone would call me saying their computer inexplicably wouldn't turn on. Followed by a ,'of course it is asshole', reply. And then they'd be confused when I found their computer was unplugged.